Unconditional

My God
He loved
And loves me
Unconditionally

He teaches me
To love
And keep loving Him
Unconditionally

A baby born
God man
To redeem the World
To redeem me
With a love
Unconditional

Today, a tough place
An an unescapable place
I raise my hands
In praise
To love Him
Unconditionally

Today's sin before Him
Forgives me
Finds mercy
Blesses me beyond my expectations
With a love
Unconditional

Peer pressure abounds
Superior enticement surrounds
My heart resolute to serve Him
My body beaten by frustrations
My mind tormented by confusions
My will set to please Him
I will, I will obey Him
To love Him
Unconditionally

Gives me wisdom
Above my teachers
Gives me peace
Above the turmoil
Gives me strength
Above my capacity
With a love
Unconditional

Watch my work become rot
I'll be hopeful still
Watch my reputation smeared
I'll be truthful still
Watch my spirit broken
I'll be thankful still
Watch the doubtful waves rise higher
I'll be trusting still
To love Him
Unconditionally

My God!
My Love!

My God
He loved
And loves me
Unconditionally

He teaches me
To love
And keep loving Him
Unconditionally

I love you, Lord... so much...

Interesting, it's a wonder how much one can say with it.

One of my favourite words of ambiguity

How was the show?
Interesting
Very good

Did the food taste nice?
It was interesting
I wasn't sure if I was tasting soup or stew

How is she like?
Interesting
I like her a lot but she talks too much

How was the sermon?
Interesting
The preacher spoke well and his message spoke millions to me. He used a lot of jokes so I was rebuked as I laughed.

How was the match?
Interesting
The side I wasn't expecting to win won beautifully

How's your new place?
Interesting
I hate the place

Did you have fun on your date?
It was interesting
He was boring and irritating and he almost caused a vehicular accident

What do you think of this write up?

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Interesting... loooooolllllll

Unsettled

This compassion I feel
This empathy
Driving me to do
What's deemed silly
Making me look stupid
And incompetent
Filling me with frustrations
Plaguing me like a disease
Heaping up my fatigue
My mind, it wanders

These hours unending
Those tasks still pending
The clock strikes five
And keeps going
I hiss at the time
But keep going
Unsure if I tread on
For passion or fear
For the sake of my salary
Or the values I hold dear
To impress my boss
Or please my God
To work for the work
Or to keep my job
To do a good job
Because it's not in me to do less
Shoddy work is not part of my make up
I can't cut corners to shape up
My mind, it wanders

Too tired to sleep
I have come to this point again
The nocturnal I am
Unable to be surpressed today
My eyes do not close because I have work to do
They just do not close from sheer exhaustion: 'tis true
Nocturnal me
Just go to bed
Do not rear your unusual head
Succumb to discipline and close your eyes
You know there's more to do after sunrise
You know you must arise before the crack of dawn
You know time will not be kind and deliver you from tomorrow's yawns
Sleep, nocturnal me
Just close your eyes and sleep
The world you live in belongs to the day not the night so sleep
Strange how exhaustion can make me more awake
And pushes me further away from what I need: sleep
My mind, it wanders

Settling not on one
Encouraging more frustration than fun
Resolving not the issues I face
Scattered info in it's wake
My mind still wanders

Iceberg

The sweat, the heat, my forgone treats
It showed nothing but effort

Day after day
Meagre results
Day after day

The ice beneath the waters beginning to form
The tip so small it looked forlorn
I talked about my efforts
But they could only but laugh
Make fun of it all in disbelief
Remind me how obvious my sacrifices brought none
None but no results
That was me

I worked harder each day
Believing the promise
That some day some day
I will be conspicuously rewarded
And I worked on

Sacrificing more
I pushed on

Then suddenly
Out of the blue
I reached my tipping point
The curve changed direction
The results had gained traction
People could see
Sometimes stop and question me
'Is that really you?
Oh my goodness you look so cool!'
It had begun
The hard work, all the efforts
It was visibly paying off

As the praise rose
Of my hard work now unopposed
I went back to work
Not wasting
But sacrificing more instead
Now I had hit recognition
There was a lot more to do
To mainitain
Maintain
My position

Now
Day after day
The sweat, the heat, my forgone treats
Revealed and maintained all, all, all my efforts

Compromise - one of my Facebook frolics

Your way because this is so important
No wants because mine may not be met
This way because the fights aren't needed
And in this we can all reduce the stress

I know this path is never the best option
I know this path is only for caution's sake
I know this situation won't matter in the future
So I'm doing this so we maintain today's peace

We're here together to walk this path this day
No need to create tomorrow's scars today
Not prophets to guarantee new times today
Thus, vocal conflict, be slaughtered silently!

10th August, 2015

Dead elation - one of my Facebook Frolics

Nothing, you hear nothing
But the sound of dead elation
Time frozen as ice
You won't chase the wind that can't be caught
Neither beat the time till date unbeaten
Dreams too lofty, presentations unreal
Succumb to reality, no more to an ordeal
You may not hope since that is foolish
A fool's paradise was not called faith but foolishness
The old record beaten, a new record set
Before then it was an impossible bet
Now it's possible, it's clear to see
But before then who would have believed you?
Since it's just too hard to set today's unimaginable records
In safety and comfort, reality would unfold
Today do you bury the dreams that once lived?
Today you choose peace to stay with
It's easier you see, like 1 2 3
Be realistic so things move on more smoothly
Waste not ammunition on unfruitful battles
Time frozen as ice one day would melt
Heat, warmth, a sunny day
A rainy day would achieve the same
You say with this you will fear no more
Feel no more, hurt no more
Amusing; who does that? O how you are drawn to the impossible!
And true you still hear nothing
But the sound of dead elation
Enthusiasm is not killed, just drugged for now
A heart silenced for the mind to work
Passions at the feet of sensibilities
Walk closely with your God
He will surely show you which way to trod
Till the time the ice melts
And all this is a memory
Now you hear nothing
At the funeral of elation

Friday, 17th July, 2015

Lighthearted - one of my Facebook Frolics

A lighthearted spirit can be more powerful
Than a determined one.
The former can help you
Laugh as you chisel through
The boulders of life;
The latter,
On its own,
Will definitely
Help you break through the
Boulders but
Leave you exhausted.
Ofosua-AGTGA... HAVE A "LIGHTHEARTEDLY" DETERMINED WEEK!

 

Monday, 25th July, 2011